Community Midwives >
Description.
Provide midwifery care within community settings, supporting antenatal, postnatal, and home-visiting pathways. Deliver safe assessments, monitor maternal and fetal wellbeing, provide breastfeeding and newborn support, and coordinate ongoing care for women, birthing people, and families outside hospital environments.
Key Requirements.
Experience.
Minimum 1–2 years’ post-registration experience in community midwifery, antenatal clinics, postnatal care, or mixed maternity rotations.
Skilled in home-based assessments, antenatal screening, postnatal checks, safeguarding, and escalation of concerns.
Experience working collaboratively with GPs, health visitors, maternity support workers, and multidisciplinary community teams.
Familiar with national maternity guidelines, community safeguarding duties, perinatal mental health pathways, and continuity-of-care principles.
Qualifications.
Full registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Midwife.
Additional training in newborn examination (NIPE), perinatal mental health, or community midwifery practice desirable.
CPD in antenatal and postnatal community care, safeguarding, and emergency maternity skills.
Compliance and Vetting.
Enhanced DBS on the Update Service.
Full identity and right-to-work verification.
Two recent clinical references.
Up-to-date NHS Statutory and Mandatory Training (accepted across NHS and private maternity providers).
Immunisation compliance for community maternity environments.
Full NMC registration and fitness-to-practise check.
Verification of qualifications and employment history.